Mathew Samuel

MATHEW SAMUEL NEWS

The Narada tapes, which were released before the 2016 assembly elections in West Bengal, allegedly showed several Trinamool Congress MLAs and MPs accepting money from journalist Mathew Samuel who posed as a businessman.

Narada tapes, released before the 2016 Assembly elections, allegedly showed several Trinamool Congress MLAs and MPs accepting money in exchange for favours from Samuel, who posed as a businessman interested in making some investments in West Bengal.

Samuel claimed that Ahmed had taken money from him for introducing him to the leaders. The sting videos, which were released by Mathew just before the 2016 Assembly elections in West Bengal, had created a political furore.